Souderton Charter School Collaborative
About the Learning Program
Founded in September 2000, SCSC is a learning environment that values and nurtures every child as an individual. Together, parents and faculty develop an individualized learning program to fully develop each child’s potential. Parents, community members, and professionals are encouraged to interact with and learn from one another and to participate in the learning process, creating unique opportunities for each child to pursue personal interests.
The student to teacher ratio in each homebase is less than 12:1. Multi-age groupings allow for more individualized instruction. For example, one homebase may combine children in grades 1 and 2. The school also strives to allow children from different grade levels to work on projects and other activities together, which helps to build a sense of community within the school.
Furthermore, the school emphasizes the following:
Learning by doing: Research shows that children excel when involved with meaningful, hands-on activities. Students are engaged in exciting projects that often focus on the local environment, community, and nature.
Parent/Community Partnerships: A partnership among parents, teachers, and community members is encouraged and nurtured so the educational environment can be individualized, adaptive, and continually improving. The school is a learning organization for everyone involved.
SCSC’s goal is to offer a proven and innovative learning environment in which all members learn cooperatively. SCSC offers choices to community members by allowing them to choose a fundamentally different type of school. The students at SCSC become individuals who are confident in their abilities to adapt to a changing environment and shape their futures.